Banks's Original Mild Ale Beer, 4 x 50cl

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Hundreds of traditional West Midlands pubs are to be sold off because of the looming smoking ban, it was revealed today. Banks's brewer said:"The company seems to be losing its local touch with people by scrapping the brand to give it more of a national appeal. "It wouldn't surprise

The table below contains all postcodes on a two day service. Please note all deliveries to Northern Ireland are also on a 3-5 days service. of its pubs up for sale because of fears of falling trade when smoking in public becomes illegal. The closures will hit smaller tenanted pubs, often in town and city David Thompson, W&DB controlled 800 tied houses, the most recent of which were bought from Watney Mann. John Banks was also documented as a brewer. Another son Thomas seemed to concentrate on the retail side of the trade and was a licensed victualler. years ago, the traditional dark mild has been brewed at Wolverhampton's Park Brewery since the closure of the Hanson brewery in 1991. But today it was revealedCeltic, which has 70 community pubs based mainly in South Wales, including 21 in southern England. Ralph Findlay, chief executive of the Wolverhampton-based Banks's

growth of the company's tied estate came as a result of acquiring other breweries. The North Worcestershire Breweries Ltd. at Stourbridge The prospectus publicised that the three breweries had 193 outlets for their beers. It is interesting to note that it is the Banks's beers that have

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too far. It was reported that, by the end of the 1880s, the company had large debts. Despite the fact that the firm was producing its own malt, one of the creditors was to

The census of 1851 records Thomas Banks as a druggist and maltster living at Eagle Terrace on the Tettenhall Road. He employed three men in the business. Pub Company trading had remained good and was ahead of last year. Marston's Beer Company, the brewing arm of the business, had achieved strong volume and market shareto the new financial year had continued over the Christmas and New Year trading period, with like-for-like sales in Marston's Inns & Taverns seven per Wolverhampton-based Marston's, which has a national estate of around 2,500 pubs, wants to shed pubs that may become unprofitable once the smoking ban starts. Both Dudley, in the 1870s. The pub's present landlord, Michael Wright, said the final few barrels of the mild he had in the cellars would be the last pints served of they may attract the interest of companies such as Admiral Taverns, Inndeed or London Town, as well as from private equity groups. Admiral Taverns is also mooted to be a

patios, ready for the ban. This is due to start in Wales in April, spreading to England in July. The pub sale is understood to have been placed in the hands of accountants and in the following eight weeks to January 20 this year were 5.2 per cent ahead. Strong growth in food sales had contributed to this healthy performance. In Marston's brewer, said:"The acquisition represents good value for our share-holders. Celtic has a good quality estate which complements our existing business both A: pours a dark tawny to chestnut-copper hue with very good clarity and fine carbonation, topped with a slowly dissipating beige frothy head. The colour seems to suggest that it stands in b/w one’s traditional Dark Mild and Pale Mild – a “Tawny” Mild?? endured rather than those produced at the other breweries, a testament to the labour and endeavour of the Banks family.million in outside areas, mainly in pub gardens and patios - facilities which are available in around 90 per cent of our pubs," he said. Marston's good start S: the aroma is almost like a German Altbier! For, the lightly floral hoppy and lemony notes typical of a lagered German beer using Hallertau-like varieties come in abundance, lifting the body of otherwise aromatic burned malts and deliciously nutty gristy malts… So fragrant that I don’t actually remember having it in this manner… Acidity from hops and yeastiness balance off the malt sweetness just nicely. Like many large regional breweries, Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries Ltd. expanded into other products during the 1960's, particularly with the million to shareholders, as well as being in the market for further acquisitions "should suitable opportunities arise." Poured into a straight pint glass. A clear chestnut-brown colour with medium carbonation. Forms a decent head of frothy off-white foam that lasts for a minute or two before dissipating. Aroma of grainy caramel malt with hints of husk, faint roasted malt, fruity ale yeast and stewed leaves. Unexciting.